Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-03

lis, there have been frequent quarrel
.irgs and violent scenes Between them.
jealousy is said to be the cause of
Ills unfortunate state of things. The
Minister of one of the great Powers
and the wife of a Minister Of one of
the lesser States are al so mixed up III
the affair. The difference between the
King and Queen, however, is not con-
fined to domestic troubles, King Milan
believing and, If report speak truly,
not without justice-that his wife was
constantly cOnspiring against him and
was intriguing to have him deposed
and herself appointed as Queen Regent
during the minority Of the Crown
Prince.
Queen Natalie, who is Russian, has,
Of course, been supported throughout
by Russia, and by the RussOphil party
in Seryia, in her attempts to get
rid of King Milan. Preparations to
this end are said to have reached so
advanced and dangerous a stage that
the King, seeing that the growth OF
Russian influence had become too great
for him TO destroy. resolved to change
lis tactics and to adopt the very policy
that the Queen had been directing
against him-nsmely, the substitution
of Russian for Austrian influence. BY
this means King Milan counted upon
ayerting the revolution that no believed
10 be brewing against himself and upon
checkmatlng the Queen. His Majesty
thereupon sent for NJ. Ri,tics, who is
LOW the Premier The King is said TO
have had another end in view
when he decided upon PLAYING the
Queens game. BY surrendering him
self TO Russian influence he hopes tc
facilitate the annulling of his marriage
with Queen Natalie, as he viii have on
his side for political purposes those
who possess the requisite influence IN
the Orthodox Church to aid him in this
matter. Germany, through the inter
mediary of Count Brey, her Minister
at Belgrade, is believed to have beer
largely instrumental in inducing the
King to take the course he has done.
Queen Natalie is the daughter OF a
colonel in the Russian Imperial Guard
Kechko, of Bessarabia, and of Princes
Puleherie Sbroudga, a Roumanian. Sh,
was born May y, 1859, and married
the reigning Prince of Servia in Octo
Der. 1875. Their only child, Alex
ander, was born August II, 1916. Hi
mother has superintended his educa
ton.
1t is difficult to describe the rare an(
exceeding beauty of the Queen. he
classical features have at the simo time
commanding royal majesty and th'
charm of playful girl. Her fair
broad forehead is crowned by q profu
sion of jet-black hair; her almond
shaped brown eyes have look at o,c'
inexpressibly tender and sparkling WIT
intelligence her ripping smile anC
silvery laughter irradiats n clear an
pale complexion, recalling her owl
russian SHOWS. warmed into richie
coloring 10y the eastern suns. She i
tall and surprisingly graceful, and hel
manners have subtle charm, pirtl,
royal lnd wholly feminine.
The Queen is well read and possesses
solid and varied instruction. Sh'
speaks French quite fuenily, sna take
particular pleasure in reading the poe
try of France ss well as all the publ
cations treating on history, which i
her favorite study. On her book
shelves, besides the classics and seriou
volumes, can be seen the works o
Tame, Coppis, With his musical verse
Sully PIudhomme, the satirl't
L'Amand and Alphonse Daudet. Befor
the fatal Ssryian- bulgarian war brok
out, while she was enjoying Metropolitan
~ and the glory OF her late accession L
the royal crown, Queen Natalie ha'
made her remote little court the resor
of western elegance, wit, and refine
ment, and enlivened it with reception
over which she presided with iuvenil
gayety and womsnly tact At the tim
of her marriage to the man who nov
seeks divorce from her he was know
as Prince Milan. On March 6, l5S!
he Was proclaimed King Milan L. III
seat is very uneasy one, and 1t !
open to doubt that his present polio
will save him much longer from TIA
icnomipv of losing his crown.